Re: [dwm] dwm without statusbar

I really like the b option and it would be very usefull to my setup. I
hope to see this option soon :D

On 5/11/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:59:36PM +0200, lobzang wrote:
> > just a simple question , is it possible to have dwm without any status
> > bar ? (just a blank screen in fact)
>
> It is possible if you hack the code, though it is dependent from
> your intention, there are two motivations for this:
>
> a) You want make dwm simplier, so you might want remove the code
> responsible for drawing/creating/resizing the status bar
> completely.
>
> b) You only don't like the status bar on the screen, so you
> might want add a togglebar() function which shows/hides the
> status bar and performs a rearrange() accordingly - actually I
> even consider this an interesting option for mainstream dwm,
> because this way, one could define an
>
> enum { BarTop, BarBot, BarOff };
>
> and implement a togglebar() function which toggles between those
> modes. #define BARPOS BarOff in config.h could be then use to
> hide the bar by default.
>
> Is b) of your taste? I consider this useful, to have the
> possibility to hide or move the bar somewhere else on demand.
>
> What do others thing about my proposal?
>
> void
> togglebar(const char *arg)
> {
> barpos = ++barpos % 3;
> way = sy;
> wah = sh;
> switch(barpos) {
> case BarTop:
> way += bh;
> XMoveWindow(dpy, barwin, sx, sy);
> case BarBot:
> wah -= bh;
> XMoveWindow(dpy, barwin, sx, sy + sh - bh);
> break;
> case BarOff:
> XMoveWindow(dpy, barwin, sx, sy - bh);
> break;
> }
> lt->arrange();
> }
>
> Note, not tested, but something like that is in my mind.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
>
>
Received on Fri May 11 2007 - 16:08:35 UTC